This afternoon I visited the first Amsterdam Makers session. The question if Amsterdam will be the Europe capital of the makers movement is not really answered, or even discussed, but the event offers a nice round up of the status of the makers movement.
It is not so important if Amsterdam is becoming the capital. Objectively more is happening in Eindhoven till now. Also is the makers culture in Amsterdam not new at all. Waag Society and Fablab are very active for quite some time. And there are happening very interesting things in Open Coop with DUS Architects, who were not represented in this event. It is good to see how the broadening trend is picked up and not only here a lot of vibe emerges. Signposts like the activities of Tim O’Reilly in the Makers Movement and the move of Chris Anderson from Wired to a new 3D company.
This afternoon it was interesting to see how Shapeways is developing. Already 5 years active in 3D printing on demand it is growing fast. The core of their offering is the management of the process more than the actual printing. Interesting to see.
Techshop, the other big player, ended the event. Techshop is not focused on 3D printing but on making DIY possible in producing goods (and DIY is a fundamental concept in makers movement as also Yuri van Geest showed). The positive use cases Mark Hatch showed did resemble the positive stories we heard in the iOS space a few years ago. Let’s see if they manage to open a branch here in Europe.
So good to have a new event to cover this trend and bringing it to a broader audience.
See further the collection of tweets below.
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Bram Geenen: Making is not a process, it is a network.
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@vangeest @chr1sa @Rhymo also solidworks, minicad etc? Different level as design culture. Part of the skills of a good design professional
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Designing new structures, again its about eco-systems
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Agree RT
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#adammakers I wonder how Lean Startup tools and principles will be applied to the Maker movement. Strong overlap IMO
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#adammakers the DIY / Maker culture is critical for 1. Dealing with mass unemployment 2. Dealing with overhead of incumbents (price /crisis)
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#adammakers 3. Dealing with Abundance – creating meaning, art & expression (Burning Man) 4. Age of Imagination
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#adammakers Lean, 3D printers are just like laser, DNA and Neuro printers. Same trends, same solutions. My talk is about this convergence.
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The service of 3D printing (not the printing itself) has become the core of the Shapeways offering
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Geweldig Mineways, exporteer Minecraft modellen en laat ze bij Shapeways printen.
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Wondering if Shapeways will be more a matchmaker between designers and consumers. Mixing Etsy and Thingiverse.
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Our baseline of innovation is very low. Chaotic Moon Studios. Invention vs innovation. Good innovation is disruptive.
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@bartv ik vind wel dat je had moeten zeggen dat A’dam kansloos is tov Eindhoven :)
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Fear uncertainty doubt. Innovation starters. disbelieve it could work
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Instigate, collaborate, innovation. In the makers movement people are self selective. Ideas are not worth a mln. Share.
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The Digitale Lean Startups, DIY Bio, DIY Neuro and DIY Production (Makers) communities will be the R&D for Corporations
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Techshop
@markhatch telling success stories of makers like we heard stories a few years ago on iOS app builders
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Digital piracy of 3D products? Hope that we learn from music and software: open design and use other business models
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Probably soon we will see a reality tv format around a techshop workshop :-)
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